dramas like "the good wife" and ncis. teresa garcia, cbs news. >> one of my favorite shows. >> not one of yours? >> well. anyway. good morning and thank you for watching 9news now. it's 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> i mean i will watch it. doesn't necessarily mean -- >> it's not one of your favorites. >> good morning, i'm mike hydeck. >> he's loyal. >> here's monika samtani. >> what happened? >> i don't know what happened. good morning monika. >> neither do i. >> i don't either. i don't remember. >> good morning howard. how are you. >> i'm fine. it's a mild morning out there humid once again. and we're dealing with the couple of thunderstorms out in the bay the southern part of the bay or the central part of the bay over to central maryland and the northern neck. that's where it's coming from with the lightning. once again a mix of clouds and sunshine and a little bit of condensation on the lens there. 83 by noon and we'll have these spotty showers and

thunderstorms again this afternoon. like yesterday. best chances for that are going to be west of d.c.. out toward the blue ridge and points west of the mountains highs mid- to upper 80s. had a couple of showers this morning south and east they're gone but the stuff in the bay look at the lightning that's popping here. all the strikes drifting to the east. here's live doppler 9000 hd i haven't moved it all morning. moving maybe 5 miles an hour. our friends over there, yeah. it is going to be rocking and rolling for probably another hour or two before that thing falls apart. 75 in town and we've got 69 for martinsburg. 76 on the bay. bay temperature in the 80s now with mid 60s out to luray and cumberland at 68. chance of showers and storms again in a few pots and highs in the upper 80s. over to monika. i have some news from a senior produce i of ours -- producer of ours named sam. this one reads there's a new speed camera westbound on route 50 at south dakota avenue

northeast. bottom of the exit ramp. behind a huge cluster of shrubs there sits the camera box. westbound route 50 at the end of the exit towards south dakota avenue. so now you know. there are no problems on route 50 right now coming in from annapolis to cheverly same story on the bw parkway. that camera box right there at the exit from westbound 50 to southbound dakota avenue. right now nice skylight this tuesday morning on 270 from route 109 in hyattstown. another look at the maps this time to the other side of the town. west from 66 or the dulles toll road no everies here to tysons corner. and the last live look an the northbound side of 395 this is at the at the 14th street bridge also running smoothly into downtown. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:10. back to you guys. the inability of congressional democrats and republicans to compromise could eventually lead to $1.2 trillion in federal cuts across

the board. >> they're called sequestration cuts and they're not set to take effect until the new year but private companies with federal contracts could begin cutting employees long before january to make up for those losses. delia goncalves is live on capitol hill with more on yet another stalemate between these people. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, welcome back. you know congress nevada intended for -- never intended for the cuts to take place and initially it was really just a threat. or an incentive to force the supercommittee to come up with a balanced budget plan. well, that committee failed to do so and now it seems, well, these cuts could happen. and that could mean some devastating results here in the area. two million job losses around the country, more than 160,000 federal jobs right here in the washington, d.c. area alone. these cuts as you mentioned $1.2 trillion and they could have widespread effects on

federal services that we rely on daily. >> i'm here because we are concerned about jobs in our industry. more so concerned about the security of our nation. >> it was never really meant to be a policy. it was meant to be a hammer. >> this problem goes away with one simple thing. balance. as long as the other side is willing to put revenue on the table, then we'll have a balance of spending cuts and revenue and this problem will evaporate. >> reporter: and the last soundbyte virginia congressman jerry continually jerry connelly talking about a problem. why congress made this very risky move in the first place. back to you. mike, andrea? >> delia goncalves reporting live from capitol hill. house and senate leaders reached an agreement on more sanctions on iran. they target energy, shipping and the insurance sectors.

it's all an effort to curtail tehran's suspected push for nuclear weapons. a year and a half investigation says five officials at the atf bureau share much of the blame for what went wrong. it was set up to track how guns are smuggled by drug traffickers and drug cartels. some wound up at crime scenes. the five officials range from the special agent in charge at the atf's phoenix field division up to the agency's director, in the the first of three three reports into the failed operation. if you're just licking on the tv -- clicking on the tv, good morning, it's time for the first your money report. >> and jessica doyle is here. >> i wish i had all the answers and we're hoping the federal reserve has all the answers because there's a big meeting this week. maybe you've heard about it and there are big expectations for what's going to come out of that but a we're going to have to wait until tomorrow to see if there are any

disappointments. wall street expects the fed to announce new steps to jump- start when the economy is going to pick up. at its two day meeting when that wraps up tomorrow afternoon. experts are saying no action from central bankers, that will be a huge disappointment for investors. fed chief ben bernanke indicated to congress this month that the central bank is very focused on weakness in the job market. the nation's unemployment rate has been stuck above 8% for 41 consecutive months. investors are waiting on the sidelines and hoping the european central bank will announce new steps to boost economic conditions there. checking the numbers from wall street -- the u.s. postal service is quickly running out of cash. the agency is bracing for a historic default on a $5 billion payment to the treasury

this week. that default would not disrupt mail service but it could bring the agency closer to filing for bankruptcy. they have been losing money in first class letters plummet and congress delays to bill to overhaul the agency. clearly this is one we're all going to be watching this morning. >> going to hear more about the saturday closings i bet too right? >> right, right. it's a shame they couldn't figure out a way to electronically be a part of the process still you know what i mean? >> so much of this has to do with the retiree expenses and the bay they're fiscally -- way they're fiscally set up. they're different than other agencies, they have to pay all the stuff ahead. that's 60% of the problem. maybe more. >> not just the fact we're all going to e-mail and whatever. >> there's a lot to it. >> they're already cut the jobs to -- sort of catch up with that. >> got it. >> what do you have for us next? >> signs your job is taking over your life. and what you can do about it. [ laughter ] you know? >> right. right. >> it's important stuff. so we're going to talk about that. >> okay. >> good stuff. thanks jess. all right. >> i dream about it at night. >> except if you were on

vacation for two weeks. police on maryland's eastern shore are searching for a man they say is preying on drunken tourists. >> don't be bitter. the fighting in the syrian civil war intensifies as rebel and government forces focus their attacks on a single city. we're back with your weather first in less than two minutes.

it is 5:09 on this tuesday morning. humid out there once again. muggy we've got some thunderstorms in the bay. -- storms in the bay. central part of the bay out to

reedville and the northern neck. offshore st. mary's county. that's drifted into the eastern shore. that's the light show where it's coming from right now. going to have a few more showers and storms later mainly west of d.c.. the drive home temperature of 86. right now monika with timesaver traffic. busy american legion bridge on the west side of town. no problems between 270. the river and tysons corner on the west side and also looking good on 66 and the toll road as well. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you andrea. making news now at 5:10. some things that are happening around the world. the battle for aleppo is heating up in syria. troops and rebel forces have been engaged in a fierce battle in the city for several days. they believe up to 200,000 residents have evacuated the city roughly the size of los angeles. rebels claim to still be in charge but government forces stepped up their attacks to

recapture the territory. 24-year-old james holmes has been officially charged in the colorado theater shoots. prosecutors filed two first degree murder charges for each of the 12 people killed in the attack. the maximum penalty for first degree murder is the death penalty. he faces two attempted first degree murder charges for each of the 58 people that were injured. ocean city police are severalling -- >> searching for a man wanted in a series of attempted sexual assaults. the latest happened early saturday morning. the victims had been drinking and all of the cases. relate fors say they were -- investigators say they were walking home alone within the suspect confronted them. he tried to force them to the ground and assaulted them. right now we have one of the worst droughts in u.s. history. >> we're back in two minutes with the look at ways some farmers are adjusting to their lives the deal with the growing -- to deal with the growing problem. stay with us.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now. 5:14. what's in store for us on this last day of july? howard has the forecast. >> heat, humidity and a few showers and thunderstorms. so. >> there you go. >> same as i left. >> summer town. >> only been in the upper 80s and not going to be in the mid- to upper 90s. we have them coming at the end of week and towards the weekend. back to the heat and what will likely turn out to be one of

the hottest if not the hottest months in washington record history. that goes back to 1871. be proud of yourself you survived although day is not over right? not weather-wise. >> just started. that's the glass half empty approach. >> here's a look at the day planner. oh we're going to make it. we're going to make it. 76 degrees. 83 at noon. winds east northeast becoming east/southeast this afternoon. only about 5 to 8 miles an hour can there will be a couple of -- and there will be a couple of showers and thunderstorms in spots. not everybody is going to see it but whatever we get this has the potential to be on the hefty side. like this morning, we are seeing the showers and storms just slowly drift to the east and northeast here. maybe 5, 10 miles an hour. heavy rains lots of line and nothing severe -- lightning and nothing severe with this but a lot of noise and light coming out of it. here's the view from live doppler 9000 hd. seeing he has red and losing -- less red and losing a little bit of intensity. deal island coming away from reedville and st. mary's city. i'm sure the friends are seeing

a lot of lights off to the south and east. 70 gaithersburg this morning along with moreland, columbia and crofton. 74 here in alexandria. out west not much different. haymarket 70 and fairfax70. pretty uniform air mass out there looking outside on the michael & son weather camera it is dark and a little dewey on the lens there. a little condensation. 75 and national reporting mostly cloudy skies with a very light northeasterly wind at 3 and humidity is up once again. it is sticky. 84%. big time heat middle of the country. 111 in little rock yesterday. third highest temperature ever recorded. today 109 tomorrow 111 in oklahoma city. tulsa potentially 113 tomorrow and then as we head towards thursday even hotter. could be 110 to 115 in spots in oklahoma incredible heat. and a little bit of that is going to build toward us as we

head to the weekend. we'll get back in the 90s but lots of clusters of storms right now for us gaysome isolated toed -- just some isolated to scattered is what we're expecting. yellow alerts for the thunderstorms here and there. tonight 88. a few areas in the upper 60s. tomorrow upper 80s once again with more clouds and showers and storms going to be more widespread than today. thursday though a stray thunderstorm 92. by friday 95 degrees and mid 90s with a few afternoon storms saturday, sunday and monday. here's monika with the timesaver traffic. i'm happy to say this tuesday morning is incident- free pretty much all over again. from the south on 95 all lanes open from dale city to wood bridge and springfield. a live look outside right now on 95 and this is what it looks like in newington at the fairfax county parkway heading up to route 644 and 395 going to be just fine right now if

you're just leaving. beltway looks great between college park and bethesda. 29, route 32 out of columbia all the major corridors incident-free and new hampshire avenue both loops of the beltway north of town look great. coming up in my next report, back to 270. back to you guys. the worst drought there decades now covers two-thirds of the united states and forecasters say it's going to linger well into the fall. >> karen brown is investigating the impact starting in northern texas she discovered one happy crop that's thriving in the heat. >> reporter: here in the texas panhandle cliff bingham is turning dust into gold. >> does redding. >> reporter: the drought sucked the life out of most crops but the bingham family farm is a bright spot. how good is your crop this year? >> fantastic this year. we've got the quality and the quantity. >> reporter: bingham is growing

grapes. they can tolerate droughts and in fact the heat makes them sweeter. they're so profitable, bingham uses most of his water for his vineyards leaving the cotton crop to survive on rain. so you can make ten times more off of these grapes than your cotton with the same amount of water. >> correct. >> reporter: in fact farmers doubt they'll make any profit on cotton this year. >> it is -- in a word finished. >> reporter: on jason coleman's farm the plants are small and the flowers on top a bad sign. >> they've waved the white flag of surrender, they're done and it's finished. >> reporter: analysts say texas farmers will likely abandon a third of the cotton crop because of drought damage. for most grapes aren't on caption starting up costs -- option, starting up costs about $10,000 per acre and they take five years to become productive. >> bless the harvest. >> reporter: they risked their

savings diversifying into grapes. now, it's paying off. making fine wine and happy memories until the rains bring better times. karen brown, cbs news, meadows, texas. 5:20. let's take another look of the question of the day this morning, it is -- >> lynn wrote on our facebook fan page -- >> i hate when that happens. log on to the wusa9 fan page. we'd love to hear what you think and we'll have the answer in our 6:00 show. we'll be right back.

5:23 on this tuesday morning. we've got some showers and storms in the lower part of the bay and also st. mary's county going to the eastern shore now. otherwise look for other spotty showers to be developing here through the morning hours perhaps in the mountains a better chance than elsewhere with the mix of clouds and sunshine. as you head towards the lunch hour also watch out for spotty showers and we'll see if some more pick up down in the bay across southern maryland. this really is hit and miss sort of stuff. some areas going to see it and these could have a couple of heavy downpours, other areas still begging for rain from the last few days and again will be

missed today. mid-afternoon looking at spotty hours and low to mid-80s in the shenandoah valley. as we head to the 6:00 p.m. hour. mike and andrea back to you. one of the main concerns about the 2012 redskins not the quarterback position, the people who protect him. the offensive line. >> always a big concern. >> kristen berset tells us the group is already suffering problems. >> good morning everybody. heading into training camp the redskins' offensive line was the biggest question mark of the team. after a season hampered by injuries, a drug suspension, and lack of depth, would this line be good enough to protect the team's biggest invest. four days in it's a familiar stair. right tackle -- story. right tackle brown hasn't even joined the team yet. we also found out that kory lichtensteiger will miss the

rest of the preseason. they are grooming hurt and leribeus to fill the voids. because of that depth that shanahan said he's not too worried. robert griffin iii says he is pleasanted with the -- pleased with the progress he's made over the first four days of training camp. many of rg3's teammates said he acts anything but like a rookie. extremely mature and humble and hasn't kept him from a little rookie hazing, carrying deangelo hall's pads across the field and apparently just a preview of what to come. >> i think we're going to start our rookie shows tonight. i plan on singing and hopefully i don't get booed off the stage. but we'll see what happens. a couple of guys have some skits going on but they're not doing too much to us. i think i'm going to to go with the temptations and hopefully get the whole room singing. >> also a special guest at practice yesterday. rapper and d.c.'s own walle

mingled with players and coaches and fans saying afterwards that rg3 is making humble cool again. our own dave owens caught up with him yesterday. you can see his entire interview on the website at wusa9.com. we will be live from redskins park once again today this afternoon. that's a quick lookinged sports -- look at sports, i'm kristen berset. have a great tuesday. here's a live look at the heart of rockville. route 355 and route 28. no issues on 355 coming in from jermantown past this point into the district. i'll be back with more traffic coming up in my next report. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

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good morning and welcome back to 9news now on this tuesday morning. i'm andrea roane. >> so nice to hear the lovely mellow tones of andrea roane. she's back from vacation we're glad for that. i'm mike hydeck. she's monika samtani. beltway light this morning. >> it is. >> this is really the best time

of year for commuting because there's no one out there. >> a great time to be at bark. >> labor day, school starts. >> some start before labor day too. >> right except in virginia. and except in virginia. >> some in virginia do but we know a lot do not. weather-wise another very warm humid day. like yesterday we had some showers and a couple of thunderstorms around and that's what we're going to have today with highs once again into the upper 80s. the day planner and we start relatively quiet looking outside we've got some broken cloudiness here in washington this morning. sunrise not for another oh 35 minutes or so. noon, 83. even then there could be some isolated showers and storms and we'll take that through the afternoon. a high of about 88 degrees, winds out of the east 5, maybe 10 miles an hour. showers and storms this morning have been persisting across part os temperature bay and the -- parts of the bay and the delmarva and lower eastern shore. you can see et down there. not as much half lightning as earlier. still heavier rain just west of chris field here's deal island

slowly drifting to the east. finally gotten rid of most of it out of st. mary's county and the northern neck where it has been a loud wet night right along the bay. 75 in town this morning. 69 martinsburg and temperatures running about 70 to 75. and even though we'll have a few showers and storms here and there highs this afternoon i think about oh 87. 88 for d.c.. 85 gaithersburg and 88 in manassas. monika samtani 5:31. traffic is looking good ain't it? i'm telling you know, if you have to go to work in the middle of summer, at least you don't have to deal with traffic and that is so nice. if your planning to -- you're planning to head over into the district, all of your potomac and anacostia river crossings incident-free and very light on all of your major thoroughfares heading into the downtown area. in fact, we'll take a live look at the 14th street bridge from a distance and you can see that traffic is moving well across the bridge span here. let's go back over to the maps and this time we'll head over to the west side of of town

from the airport on the toll road or manassas on 66 to centreville and fairfax everything is smooth as well. a live look in bethesda on the beltway and north side everything is running smoothly here as well. i'll be back with more traffic in a few minutes. back to you. thank you. federal budget cuts being discussed could mean hassive job losses for the area. these cuts are scheduled to begin at the beginnings of next year. >> many of the problems the cuts will affect workers in private companies here with federal contracts. could be devastating for them. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is live on capitol hill this morning with more on that side of the story. good morning. >> reporter: these federal cuts do go through workers and private companies would be getting pink slips in the next few months and we're talking about thousands of federal workers. and thousands of those workers and private compans. that is because they require 60

days' notice before their government contract is up. so even though these cuts may not take place until january workers could lose their jobs we're talking right before the holidays. on the chopping block 2 million federal jobs around the country and more than 160,000 right here in the d.c. area. but the $2.1 trillion cuts were never intended to happen. congress voted on them simply as a threat. >> this is a pathetic way to elect. to have -- legislate. to have this sword hanging over everybody's head and that's supposed the lead people to a decision, just unbelievable we're facing this this late in the year for something that starts early next year. >> they said we're prepared to shut down the economy of america default on the debt for the first time. instead, we came up with a bipartisan approach that was brokered with republican leaders and the president that said we'll put together a supercommittee. give them a responsibility to

cut the deficit by over $1 trillion in ten years and if they fail, then automatic spending cuts. >> reporter: well, they did fail. and so we're hoping that congress will step in and that's how they could potentially fix this problem. because the supercommittee did not do its job in balancing that budget. now coming up at 6:00 we'll tell you what else we stand to lose if congress doesn't act in time. mike, andrea back to you. >> thank you delia live on capitol hill this morning. today the house is also going to vote on a controversial bill which would ban certain kind of abortions here in d.c.. if approved the bill would prohibit any abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy unless there's a danger to the mom's life. right now though abortions at any point in the pregnancy are legal in the district. city leaders have opposed this bill. they say it's an intrusion of d.c.'s self-rule. time now just about 5:35. time for another your money report. >> and jessica doyle is back

with warning signs you may need to reprioritize your life. >> balance. >> yes. balance. okay so there's a best selling psychiatrist -- psychologist in the washington area who says the secret to happiness lies in three things. having someone to love, having someone to work for, and having something to hope for okay? so any of these things swing out of balance and you can pretty much throw your happiness out the window and it's hard in weak economic times not to work too much but consider this. a british study finds people who work more than seven or eight hours a day have a much higher rate of depression. our partners at career builder.com gave us four warning signs your job is taking over your life and what you can do about it. first up. it's been an entire week and you've not really been in contact with anyone other than people at work or service providers. we're talking the pizza guy. that doesn't count as personal contact.

two you're indoors all day long except when you're commuting. three you can't remember the last time you actually worked out or even went for a walk around the neighborhood and four you dread vacations because you're nervous about catching up on the work when you get back. if these signs describe you there are some things you can do to put more of your life back in that work life balance. back-to-backs okay. -- basics okay. you adopt a healthy lifestyle and sleep and try to schedule two 15 minute breaks. put the phone down. joy is laughing over here. put the phone down and check your e-mail in batches and schedule your social media times. you need to disconnect from all this stuff. >> amen. >> at points during the day. and speak of if you're not getting enough support from your boss speak with somebody else. speak with someone in hr to help you get a better grip on the workload and work hours. you are not going to have

anything to hope for. >> two 15 minute breaks to do something completely and unrelated to the office. like plan. i like that. >> what else dew point to do -- do you want to do? >> nothing. >> put more life in the work life. let's do it. do it together. >> staying hydrated. that's the easy thing. >> that's the baby steps. once you move past that it gets more difficult. >> but it's true you node some balance in. thank you jess. >> you got it. researchers have some success with a drug intended to treat alzheimer's. >> and using four letter words at work could be a reason you find yourself stuck under the glass ceiling. we're back in two minutes with your weather first.

5:39 on the tuesday morning. kind of muggy out here on the weather terrace with temperatures in the low to mid- 70s across many areas and going to be like yesterday where we had a few showers and thunderstorms nothing severe. but slow movers could drop some

heavy rains and isolated spots. here's a look at day planner. we're doing to start with temperatures as i said mainly in the 70s. we'll be in the 80s and low 80s by lunchtime and northeast to east winds only about 5, maybe 10 miles an hour but the isolated showers and storms this afternoon. 86 at 3:00. high of 88 and 86 again at 6:00 p.m. i'll be back in five minutes. seven day forecast and it's going to get even hotter as we head toward the end of the week. right now inside to monika with your timesaver traffic. on the southbound side of the bw parkway, right at the intersection with route 50, there is -- there was a deer struck along the right side of the ramp causing a bit of a slowdown. route 50 coming in from the bay bridge to the beltway looks fine. we'll be back with more traffic in a few minutes. coming up. back to you. i'll take it. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and some for myself and here are some of my favorites today. want to learn to scuba in this offer is on gilt city and only going to cost you $38 or 52%

off. for that you will get a discover scuba pool session with blue planet in dupont and also offering a four day dive trip to west palm beach and that's $700. ladies, who needs a haircut and blow dry? last tangle salon in west end is offering the deal. $40, half off and you're going to find this deal on google offers. finally, target.com is taking 20% off a ton of dresses and there's free shipping if you spend $50 or more. guess who just bought four dresses for less than $100? this girl right here. if you have an offer you've seen or if you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook when i wear the dresses i'm going to give target a shoutout. back to you guys. >> well done. >> thank you. 5:41. here's a look at other stories making news now. the red cross says blood donations are the lowest they've been in 15 years. as expected to fall short again

in july. the agency says the summer is usually a bad time for donations and the need goes up because more people are traveling and there's more accidents. at the same time, donations fall more families go on vacation. a previously rejected alzheimer's drug may have some new potential now. a team of scientists researchers from mount sinai school of medicine found the drug effectively dropped hem -- stopped memory deterioration and brains in mice and early stages of apples humanners. the findings could lead to clinical trials in human patients in the early stages of the disease. >> i sounds like a mommy watch your mouth. if you keep getting passed over for that promotion four letter word may be the problem. according to a career builder survey, 64% of employers think less of employees with a potty mouth. >> bleep. >> 57% of employers are less likely to promote someone who swears in the office. they say they question the

worker's professionalism, lack of control, lack of maturity and seeming lack of intelligence. i agree. the record drought continues to destroy farmers' crops but they get a bailout. according to bloomberg news the government has a crop bailout. in this case it's the extreme heat the amount they receive is based on current prices with corn and other produce prices expected to be higher this year farmers could make more money during a crop failure than during a routine harvest. congress is also considering emergency measures to help livestock producers affected by the drought. well, it is 5:43. let's see who's celebrating a birthday today --

>> if it's your birthday. happy birthday. we'll be right back. >> eric lee and renee pierce carr. happy birthday to you.

good morning, welcome back to 9news now, it's 5:47. huge moon this morning. brilliant, bright and the sun is going to be just the same way later on today. >> yep and next week mars rover is going to land too. the thing is the size of an suv. if it land right all systems go. that's going to be really cool. sun mixed with a few clouds and even a few thunderstorms or two. nothing severe but some heavier ones could be possible like yesterday somewhat a repeat. the day planner tuesday morning, we start with the mix of clouds and sunshine and temperatures in the mid 70s by 8:00. by noon. i think we'll be in the low 80s kind of like yesterday with a

mix of clouds and sunshine. a better chance with a few showers, a few showers and thunderstorms with mid 80s for 86 at 4:00 p.m. high about 88. and 8:00 p.m. temperature of 84. and by the way, the nats are back in town. your first place nationals are hosting -- ooh, those hated phillies tonight. 7:05. 85 first pitch. later on we'll be down to the 80-degree range and there could be, could be an isolated shower or thundershower. i think rain chances are iffy but i want to throw that out there if you're gown to the park you know be prepared for that. we are looking all right here this morning but look at all the shower and thunderstorm activity we've got south and east of us. across the delmarva now the lower eastern shore. this was really getting areas coastal areas of the northern neck and st. mary's county a couple of hours ago and on live doppler 9000 hd, you can see from deal island down to chris field. also from ocean city down

toward assateague and chincoteague. temperatures mainly low to mid- 70s. some 60s like luray at 65 and cumberland at 68 this morning. as we look outside on the michael & son weather camera, we are in northwest looking north up wisconsin avenue. toward friendship heights and bethesda in the distance. we have a mix of clouds and not sun yet. sun comes up in about 20 minutes or so. 15, 20 minutes. northeast winds at 3 under mostly cloudy skies and a muggy morning once again with humidity at 84%. the heat is on big time in the middle of the country. expecting not just 100-degree heat but yesterday little rock was 111. tulsa, oklahoma city all in the 110-degree range give or take a couple with thunderstorms up and over the ridge. another line of storms coming from michigan into indiana on this morning diving south and for us with the easterly and southeasterly winds, we'll see some showers and storms especially to the blue ridge west where the mountains give a little extra lift. 88 today with a few extra

storms, yellow alert. tomorrow 88 and better chance of storms. thursday we start to dry out. that means hotter 92. friday sunny and hot and 95 and mid 90s saturday sunday and monday. still sailing on the roads. she's monika samtani with timesaver traffic. good morning everything. things are great all across the beltway. doing a little dance for me. i wish you could see it. unless you are traveling on the southbound side of the bw parkway as you exit here to new york avenue, the only big problem we have is a deer struck and police are on the scene trying to remove frit the right side of the -- it from the right side of the ramp and may slow you down just a bit. in fact over to southern maryland out of brandy wine route 301 and route 5 looking great as well. to the maps this time over to the north side of town coming in on 270 i would say you're going about 31 miles an hour. leaving route 109 through the area in the clarksburg and then you can see the green as well

in fact we'll take a live look closer into rockville. this is at montrose road southbound 270. little bit of volume but nothing we can't deal with down to the point where the lanes divide. we'll be back with more traffic coming up in a few minutes. back to you guys. thanks monika. about 200,000 people are victims of a rape or a sexual assault every year. >> here in our area, the d.c. rape crisis center provides an important service. helping people recover from their traumatic attacks. today in heroes' central. j.c. hayward salutes their work. >> i was sexually assaulted and robbed on september 30th, 19997. >> 15 years ago byrons was taken into the woods by knife point. robbed of $4 and sexually assaulted by a stranger. >> i mean i had problems with sleeping and just in general just talking to anyone about it. even though my family close friends and colleagues at work were trying to help. it wasn't something i was comfortable talking about. >> when she was at the hospital

she learned about the d.c. rape crisis center. and she called their hotline. >> when i would just cry you know, i didn't know what to say. so that person just was there on the other line. >> after a month of phone counseling byrons was well enough to return to work. >> i know the center saved my life. i didn't know there was a way to be able to live again. >> denise snider the executive director says survivors of sexual violence need to know they are not alone. and it is not their fault. >> our services help restore a sense of self-confidence and the ability to feel like they can go on and take the next step. not just be a victim but to become a survivor and actually a thriver in life. >> in addition to the hotline the d.c. rape crisis center provides in-house counseling and therapy for free. >> you can really find really good people who care about you

and not be concerned about who you are, what you do, how much you make. they genuinely care about you. that ignited something in me in finding difficult ways to be able to give back to the community. >> today denise boy rones is on the board -- byrons is on the board of directors of the d.c. rape crisis center. >> it's unbelievable but it's real. >> i'm j.c. hayward, 9news now. >> you can reach the center by calling the hotline. that number is 202-333-rape. 5:53 and another look at the question of the day. now this is fun -- >> facebook fan page guy phil mcfeel wrote quote --

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5:56. relatively quiet out there and computer is trying to pop a couple of showers in the mountains here in western maryland. not happening right now but we've guilty a very warm humid

-- got a very warm humid air mass and the occasional showers popping up. by 9:00 in the mid- to upper 70s in just about all areas. with a mix of clouds and sunshine. we'll head towards lunchtime here and maybe a few newer showers coming in off the bay and bay temperatures still in the 80s right now. 83 in washington and 77 winchester at noon and watch the showers popping on the blue ridge and that will be the case through the afternoon. the isolated and scattered showers here and there and highs in the upper 80s. later today the cap tool area food bank will dedicate a new multimillion dollar distribution center. the 123,000 square foot facility is located in the 4900 block of puerto rico avenue northeast. it features a teaching kitchen, warehouse space and 13 loading docks for grocery trucks. officials say this new center is desperately needed to combat a growing hunger crisis in the washington region. the "modern family" feud is over. >> and a very different chapter

of the bourn franchise comets to the big screen. -- comes to the big screen. we have those stories and more in this look at entertainment. >> reporter: stars walked the red carpet in new york city monday night for the world premiere of "the bourn legacy." >> do you know who i am? because i want to live. >> reporter: it stars jeremy renner. matt damon doesn't appear in the movie. >> i like a challenge and to overcome the obstacles and see if i can't surprise myself and give the director more than he ever anticipated. >> reporter: the hobbit is going to be split into three movies. director peter jackson decided to expand it after he finished shooting. >> do you promise that i will come back? >> no. >> reporter: it is a prequel to the "lord of the rings" which jackson turned into a hugely successful trilogy ten years

ago. the stars of "modern family" have settled their contract dispute and will get big raises for the upcoming season. the five stars reportedly will each get about $100,000 more per episode. and ricky martin may be coming to your tv soon. he's developed a deal with universal studios to star in his own show. we begin 9news now at 6:00 a.m. with some breaking news out of virginia. another earthquake has rattled louisa county, virginia. the u.s. geological survey says a 2.4 magnitude quake hit around 12:45 this morning. the epicenter is about 80 miles southwest of washington. no reports of any damage and you probably remember august 23rd of last year. that's when a 5.9 magnitud